Da 2-8 (7-98) Cheddar Cheese Prices National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released July 24, 1998, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture. For information on "Cheddar Cheese Prices" call Shawn Clark at (202) 720-9168, office hours 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET. Cheddar Cheese Prices Mixed Prices received for US 40 lb. Block Cheddar cheese increased 2.6 cents per pound for the week ending July 17, 1998. This is the tenth consecutive week of increasing US 40 lb. Block prices. The price of US 500 lb. Barrels decreased 0.6 cents per pound. Data Reliability: The survey collects price information on sales of natural, unaged, Cheddar cheese at the first (wholesale) point of sale. Data are recorded for sales transactions completed during the survey week. A transaction is considered complete when cheese is shipped out or title transfers. The 67 plants reporting account for an estimated 85 percent of natural Cheddar cheese sales. Estimates for only the current month are subject to revision. The next "Cheddar Cheese Prices" report will be released at 8:30 a.m. ET on July 31, 1998. Only electronic subscriptions are available for this report. Print copies are available at USDA, Room 5829, SO. Bldg. This report is also available on autofax at (202) 720-2000. For Internet access, go to the NASS Home Page at: http://www.usda.gov/nass/. Cheddar Cheese Prices by Style and Region -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending Style and Region :----------------------------------------------------------- : Jul 17, : Jul 10, : Jul 3, : Jun 26, : Jun 19, : 1998 : 1998 1/ : 1998 : 1998 : 1998 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Dol./Lb. 40 Lb. Blocks : Avg. Price 2/ : MN/WI : 1.6178 1.5901 1.5772 1.5487 1.5061 West 3/ : 1.5599 1.5420 1.5221 1.5037 1.4547 US 4/ : 1.5796 1.5534 1.5332 1.5125 1.4636 : : Pounds Sales Volume 5/ : MN/WI : 1,823,214 1,058,349 814,236 1,022,090 796,587 West 3/ : 3,909,594 4,015,316 3,534,258 4,673,884 4,430,433 US 4/ : 5,947,019 5,311,101 4,527,270 5,899,235 5,435,403 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Dol./Lb. 640 Lb. Blocks : Avg. Price 2/ : US : 1.6009 1.5233 1.4610 1.4658 1.4139 : : Pounds Sales Volume 5/ : US : 997,629 816,491 1,143,409 2,023,727 1,823,731 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Dol./Lb. 500 Lb. Barrels : Avg. Price 2/ : MN/WI : 1.6408 1.6341 1.6130 1.6016 1.5594 Oth : 1.5999 1.6172 1.5992 1.5783 1.5323 US : 1.6172 1.6242 1.6036 1.5875 1.5429 : Price Adj. to : 39% Moisture : MN/WI : 1.5542 1.5458 1.5294 1.5200 1.4805 Oth : 1.4903 1.5080 1.4914 1.4686 1.4228 US : 1.5172 1.5236 1.5035 1.4887 1.4451 : : Pounds Sales Volume 5/ : MN/WI : 3,969,888 3,871,657 3,218,418 4,064,185 4,118,989 Oth : 5,386,996 5,451,795 6,758,111 6,209,758 6,371,050 US : 9,356,884 9,323,452 9,976,529 10,273,943 10,490,039 : : Percent Moisture Content : MN/WI : 35.60 35.52 35.66 35.72 35.75 Oth : 34.51 34.58 34.59 34.45 34.31 US : 34.98 34.97 34.94 34.95 34.87 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Revised. 2/ Prices weighted by volumes reported. 3/ CA, ID, OR, and WA. 4/ "Other Regions" included in U.S. total. 5/ Sales as reported by cooperating manufacturers.